10 Books You Need To Read In August

Summer is flying by, and even though the days are long, it seems like there's never enough time to get it all done. This is the season for relaxing, though, so put all those errands off 'til fall and let yourself kick back...

One of our favorite ways to unwind is to curl up with a good book, and there sure are some great new reads out right now! We've put together a list of our recommendations — a mix of picks from Patch staffers and Amazon editors. With adventure, drama, political satire and more, there really is something for everyone.

So go ahead: Nab a book (or 10), and treat yourself to some relaxed summer reading!

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#1 "The Other Woman: A Novel" by Daniel Silva

A French woman whose child was taken from her in treason's name is writing a memoir about Kremlin's most closely guarded secret: The KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the west.

Only Gabriel Allon, an assassin who serves as the chief of Israel’s vaunted secret intelligence service, can unravel this conspiracy. Doing so will likely put him in danger, but that's never stopped him before. In this fast-paced spy thriller, Allen seeks answers at any cost, taking the reader along for every plot twist and turn.

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#2 "Sweet Little Lies: A Novel" by Caz Frear

Cat Kinsella overcame her own troubled childhood to become a detective with the London police. When she's called to investigate the scene of a murder located near the pub her pub her estranged father still runs, she's forced to confront troubling memories from her past. Cat and her team first suspect the victim's husband, but a mysterious phone call links the victim to a teenage girl who went missing years before. Cat met the missing teen briefly when she was a child, and she knew then her father wasn't being completely truthful when he said he knew nothing about her disappearance. Could Cat's father have killed both women? She's determined to close both cases, even if that means blurring some professional and ethical boundaries along the way.

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#3 "Origin: A Novel" by Dan Brown

Fans of "The Da Vinci Code" will love Dan Brown's newest book, a thriller that combines science, extreme religion and history in ways you'd never expect. "Origin" follows Harvard professor Robert Langdon as he seeks out the discovery of one of his former students, which promises to "change the face of science forever."

Langdon's quest for this revolutionary information puts him in danger, and he soon finds himself on the run, along with the mysterious associate of his former student. Together, they uncover clues that bring them up close and personal to a discovery that really does change the course of history.

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#4 "The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library" by "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah"

Politics aside, we can all agree on one thing: @realDonaldTrump loves to tweet. The president's tweets make their way into news headlines and late-night monologues on a daily basis, and the folks at "The Daily Show" decided to have some of the best ones beautifully illustrated and explained. In this book, the POTUS' many musings are accompanied by illustrated portraits as well as analysis and "scholarly" commentary from the writers of "The Daily Show." There's an introduction by Trevor Noah and a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham.

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#5 "Ghosted: A Novel" by Rosie Walsh

For Sarah and Eddie, it really is love at first sight. For seven days everything seems perfect, so when Eddie leaves for a long-booked vacation and promises to call, Sarah has no doubt that he will.

However, when Sarah doesn't hear from him for hours, then days and eventually weeks, she's certain something must be terribly wrong. Eventually, she discovers she's right. Eddie has disappeared, but the reason he's missing is very different from what Sarah was expecting.

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#6 "Clock Dance: A Novel" by Anne Tyler

In 1967, Willa Drake is a schoolgirl struggling to cope with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she's a college co-ed considering a marriage proposal, and in 1987, she's a young widow. Fast forward to 2017, and Willa is hopeful — but doubtful — that she'll ever become a grandmother.

Then, one day, she receives a jarring phone call from a stranger, and without really knowing why, she flies across the country to look after this woman, her 9-year-old daughter and their dog, Airplane. This impulse decision puts Willa in uncharted and exciting territory, and as she gets to know this new family, she finds fulfillment in ways she never saw coming.

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#7 "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America" by Beth Macy

Opioid addiction is an epidemic with no socioeconomic boundaries. Journalist Beth Macy knows this all too well — addiction claimed the life of her only son. Determined to piece together how opioids have taken over in wealthy suburbs and impoverished farm towns alike, Macy has spoken to abusers, prescribers, families and casualties from all across the country. In this comprehensive, eye-opening book, she charts the opioid crisis in America since the introduction of OxyContin in 1996.

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#8 "Severance: A Novel" by Ling Ma

Candace Chen is a millennial devoted to routine. She works in Manhattan, lives in Brooklyn and does the same thing day after day. She barely notices when a plague sweeps the city, but soon companies cease operations, families flee and subways stop running entirely. Her employer enlists her as part of a skeleton crew to document the eerie, abandoned city, but she soon finds she can't go on alone. But can Candace and her employers really start society anew? This quirky, hilarious satire chronicles her endlessly entertaining attempts.

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#9 "Meet Me at the Museum: A Novel" by Anne Youngson

Anders Larsen is a professor in Denmark has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. Tina Hopgood is a woman on an isolated English farm feels stuck in a life she doesn't remember choosing. Both think their love stories are over until a shared fascination of the Tollund Man, the subject of Seamus Heaney’s famous poem, brings them together. The two begin corresponding via letters and discover just how much they have in common. When Tina's letters stop coming, though, Anders is distraught. So how far will this unlikely pair go to write a new love story for themselves?

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#10 "Cherry: A Novel" by Nico Walker

Two young college freshman meet and fall in love. Soon, though, she has to move home and he flunks out of school and joins the army. Not wanting to give up on their love, they marry quickly before he ships out to Iraq. They try to make their long distance relationship work, but when he returns to the States, his PTSD is profound. Soon, he's addicted to heroin, and so is she. With no money left to fund their addiction, the twosome turn to the one thing left: Robbing banks.

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Looking for even more great books? Check out last month's reading list!

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